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LOCATION
Location of Lowton
Lowton lies in the ordnance survey square SJ69 on the Landranger map 109 (Manchester)
A central point is the site of the former Lowton Saint Mary's railway station on Newton Road
this is SJ632976
Former Lowton St.Mary's Station
Lowton straddles the A580 East Lancashire Road approximately 3km east of Haydock Island, junction 23 on the M6 motorway. It is about equal distance between Liverpool and Manchester, about 1kn from the centre of Leigh and about 8km from Warrington, Wigan and St.Helens. Other places within easy travelling distance are Chester and North Wales, Preston, Southport, Blackpool the Fylde coast and the Lake district making Lowton an ideal base for tourists and business people.
Lowton ''ROYAL'' Station
The trans pennine railway forms part of the southern boundary, but the area is without a railway station (there are moves to reopen stations at Golborne and Kenyon Junction). The nearest station is at Newton-le-Willows about 2km away but one needs to travel to Wigan or Warrington to join trains on the main West Coast line there is a regular service to London and Scotland. The old Lowton station at the Bulls Head junction still remains intact and in useable condition as this is used by the Royal train when it is in the area the sidings here are sometimes used as an overnight stopping place by the Royal train. There are stories of Prince Phillip visiting the Bulls Head with his bodyguards for a drink of the local brew.
Click this link for the story of the Huskisson Memorial
The Huskisson Memorial on the southern boundary has recently been restored to it's former glory is well worth a look at, but unfortunately can only be seen from a moving train.
Frequent bus services link the area with Leigh, Newton-le-Willows, Golborne, Wigan, Warrington, Ashton, Manchester and Rochdale and many other nearby towns.
On the eastern boundary is
Pennington Flash famous for it's bird life, golf and sailing.
Pennington Flash
Most of the heavy industry has now left the area and has been replaced with light engineering and distribution services. One workd famous company that has moved onto the new Stone Cross business park on the boundary with Golborne is
Vimto Soft Drinks.Many of the residents that live in the residential developments that now cover the area, commute to the surrounding towns to work, Lowton being in such an ideal location.
Lowton Civic Hall
Also famous are the Wigan Casino reunion soul nights, the real ale festivals and many other events held in the Civic Hall at Hesketh Meadows, this is located on Newton Road near the old station site. The hall is owned by
Wigan MBC and is the old cinema on the site of a former United States Air Base.
Church Inn Newton Road
There are many hotels, lodges, restaurants and pubs in the area making it an ideal base for tourists, business people and punters visiting Haydock Park Races just 3km away.
Passing the winning post at Haydock Park
